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Alcohol is killing too many of us | Kieran Moriartyhttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jun/03/alcohol-killing-many-minimum-unit-pricing
It gets ever cheaper and now it's linked to over a million hospital admissions a year. Minimum unit pricing would be a good start<p>In 2011-12, there were <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2013/may/31/alcohol-england-consumption-statistics" title="">over 1.2m alcohol-related hospital admissions</a> in England, according to figures released last week – more than twice as many as a decade ago. There has been a 500% increase in deaths from liver cirrhosis, mainly due to alcohol, in the past 40 years.</p><p>Alcohol costs our country &pound;25bn each year, due to its impact on health, crime and society, the workplace and the family. Alcohol exacerbates health and social inequalities. The most socially and economically deprived have up to 10 times greater alcohol-related mortality and admissions to hospital. Approximately a third of all A&amp;E attendances are alcohol-related, reaching up to 80% at weekends. Something has to be done.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jun/03/alcohol-killing-many-minimum-unit-pricing">Continue reading...</a>AlcoholismAlcoholSocietyHealthHealth policyPoliticsUK newsMon, 03 Jun 2013 14:16:20 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jun/03/alcohol-killing-many-minimum-unit-pricingJohnny Green/PA'Availability of alcohol has multiplied far beyond the local pub.' Photograph: Johnny Green/PAJohnny Green/PA'Availability of alcohol has multiplied far beyond the local pub.' Photograph: Johnny Green/PAKieran Moriarty2013-06-03T14:16:20Z